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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-05-14
NeighbOrhOOd News.

Fairfield County
Lancaster Gazette.
At Circleville the Circuit Court on
Monday reversed the judgment of
the Common Pleas under which
Ellsworth Devaney was sent to the
penitentiary last January for man.
slaughter, in the killing of Seymour
Darling. This noted case will
therefore come up again in the
court which first tried it, as Deva-
ney will be released from the pen
itentiary and taken to Circleville
for a new trial.-Lancaster Gazette,
II inst.
Common pleas court adjoured
Saturday until the 9th inst.
Jurgensmier, the copper, who had
been mercilessly fired by the DEM
Ocratic councilmanic caucus, is an
irrepressible fly. Despite the
determination of the caucus,
he was elected for another
year by the unanimous vote of the
men who had resolved to bounce
him. Why this was, the public can
easily conclude. The old song says
that "there's nothing half so sweet
in life as loves young DREAM" but
for pure, unadulterated saccharine
substance political "dead wood"
can give odds to "ove's young
dream" every time.
The Presbyterians are talking
strongly Of building handsome
new church this summer, to occu-
py the site of the present building
and also the remainder of their lot
on Broadway.
Preston Goodwin's store at Ha-
ensport was robbed Friday night of
$l5 in money and about 800 worth
of silk handkerchiefs, shoes, &C.,
&C., carried off. Entrance was ef-
fected by cutting pane of glass
from a window. The only traces
the thief or thieves left behind were
the king bolt of wagon and har-
row tooth which had been used.
Ohio Eagle. f
Decoration Day will be appropri-
ately observed at New Salem.
Workmen began the erection of
the Mt. Pleasant Gas we'll derrick
yesterday.
The lightning knocked out all the
electric lights about 8 o'clock Sat
urday night. No material damage
was done.
Judge Silas Wright has returned
home from Green Springs, much
In health. 4.
VIM. Pusy, Of Dumontville and
Henry Canode, Of Baltimore, Geo.
L. Hummell, of Sugar Grove, and
Henry Conrad, ofAmanda, received
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-05-14
Council Proceedings.

Council met in regular session
Tuesday evening with all the
members present.
Mr.. Gould presented a petition
from Rose & Sulzbacher who pray
ed for the privilege tof erecting a
bulletin board, 12 feet high and 40
feet long, to face on Main st. and
to stand from June 1st to Novemb-
er 10Th, next After considerable
discussion the matter was referred
back to Rose & Sulzbacher.
The ordinance to repeal the pro-
hibitory ordinance was presented
and read for the third time. Mr..
Price moved that the ordinance be
lain over to another meeting, and
asked that the Solicitor be instruct
ed to prepare regulating ordin-
ance, which would at the same
time repeal the prohibitory ordin-
ance. Mr.. Keynes introduced a
regulating ordinance, which also
repeals the prohibitory ordinance.
The rules were suspended and the
ordinance read for the second time.
On motion of Schlagetter it was
referred to committe who will re-
port at next regular meeting. This
ordinance will close saloons from
10 p. m. until 5 a. m.
Mr.. Rochester introduced an or
dinance to levy taxes for municipal
purposes, as follows: General ex-
pense, II mill; fire department, 1
mill; street lighting, q mills; GEM
etery purposes, ] mill; marshal, po-
lice and officers, 4 mills; reat estate
and bonds, mill; street improve
ment, 2 mills. Total 8 mills. The
rules were suspended and the or
dinance read three times and pass
ed.
Bills to the amonnt of $34S.91
were allowed and ordered paid.
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near the left eye and penetrated to
the brain. The wounded and un-
conscious boy lay in the woods all
night, not being found until about
Z. A. M. The breech-pin still re-
mains in the wound and physicians
pronounce the wound fatal.
LATER--The young man died on
Tuesdav last.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-05-14
A Serious Accident.

Israel Brown, while assisting Mr..
Andrew VOris to raise a new barn
on his farm near Enterprise was
struck on the head by q log-chain
which fell from tie. The outer
table Of the skull was fractured,
and severe temporary concussion
was produced. DR.. Campbell was
called and rendered the necessary
medical and surgical aid and he IL
now doing we'll.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-05-14
Fatal Accident.

William Hartman, ls years Of
age q son Of q farmer residing In
Amanda Up, Fairfield Go. while
out hunting on Thursday afternoon
of last week, met with q serious ac-
cident IT "A supposed while At
tempting to Are his gun, ii burst,
and the breech-pin struck him
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ensions last week from the govern.

pensions last week from the govern
ment.
The Mt. Pleasant Guards have
received new guns from the State,
Of an improved pattern.
Nearly all of the stock of the new
Lancaster & Hamden Railroad has
been subscribed, and the engineer
ing corps start on their Anal survey
Monday. The contract for the con-
struction of the road has been let
to Messrs. Kyner, Higbee & Co.,
who have agreed to accept $4,000
in bonds as part pay for their work.
The right-of-way all along the line
has been secured, and every thing
seems to indicate that we will have
trains rumbling down the beautiful
Clearcreek valley by next fall.
vinton County;
Democratic Enquirer.
The engine ard boiler for Austin
Lowery's new mill will arrive here
by the first of next week.
Captain H. G. Jones has accepted
an invitation to speak at Greenfield,
Ohio, on Memorial Day.
a. e. McGrath, of the DEM En-
quirer Office, had severe attack
Of illness Tuesday, and was COM
PEELED to quit work. At this wri-
ting he is better.
Recorder Moore reports us that
there has not been a single transfer
of real estate in this county during
the past week, as appears of record
in his office.
One day last week Captain Ran
nells while fishing near the the
Gold place, east Of town, caught
silver eel measuring thirty-two
inches and weighing two pounds
and nine ounces. This perhaps is
one of the small cells placed in our
streams three years ago.
Perry County,
Shawnee Banner.
The local mines are doing some
better this week.
The repairing of the New York
furnace will be completed in few
days.
The Moxahala furnace is doing
good work and gives promise Of
having a long run. A large reser-
voir has just been constructed near
the plant to insure plenty of water
during the dry season.
The corner stone of the new
Court House will be laid with i'm
posing Masonic ceremonies on
Wednesday, May 18th, s. Stacker
Williams, Grand Master of Masons
Of Ohio, officiating.
The foundation for the stack of
the new furnace is completed and
the masons are now laying the
foundation for the engine. The
work is moving along quite rapid
ly and big showing will be made
in the next few weeks.
Calvin Essex fell under full trip
of bank cars Monday afternoon and
had narrow escape from death.
The mule he was driving was killed.
Porter West pays two dollars to
every person who takes an oath
before the justice of the peace that
he will not drink liquor for year.
The ordinance of baptism was
administered at the New York
pond last Sunday afternoon during
a heavy shower. The way the peo-
pie sought shelter it seemed that
everybody was afraid of the water
except the minister and the candi-
date.
The New Lexington Tribune is
mistaken in saying that local op-
tion has taken effect in Shawnee.
The ordinance has had but its Sec
ond reading and can not become
effective until passed by the Coun-
Gil and published. The earliest
date it can take effect is the 9th
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-05-14
Harriet Louise Acker,

Born August 7th, 1861. Died
May 9Th, 1887. Funeral from the
M. E. Church, Tuesday, May 10th,
at 2 O'clock, Rev. Thomas officiat-
ing,
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SHE WAS A WOMAN.
That's Why Mrs. Lockwood was Once
Refused Admission to the bar,

That's why Mrs. Lockwood was Once
Refused Admission to the bar.
When Judge Broomall introduced
Mrs. Belva Lockwood at the Teachers
Institute lecture course at Media, Pa,
Saturday evening, he said that Mrs.
Lockwood had been refused admission
to the Delaware County bar by Judge
Clayton, shortly after his elevation to
the bench, for no other reason than
that she was a woman.
~ made the application for her ad.
mission myself" said Mr.. Broomall.
"She came here to represent client In
the Common Pleas Court, and before
she could do so 1t was necessary for
her to be admitted to the bar. pre-.
sen'ed the certificate of the President
Judge of the District Court at Wash.
ington, saying she was a member of
that bar In good standing. Judge
Clayton looked the paper over, and not
noticing the name particularly. was
about to grant the application, when l
told him the applicant was a
woman. That makes some differ.
ence,' Judge Clayton said, and will
have to refuse the application DO |
understand that you refuse to admit
her because she Is woman2' asked
That is my reason Judge Clayton re-,
piled. and this decision is on our
court records 10 day. Mrs. Kilgore
also first applied for admission to the
Delaware County bar, and while Judge
Clayton was holding the matter under
advisement she was admitted to prac.
tice in Philadelphia. Her application
here was not afterward pressed and
was finally withdrawn"
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He had gone West In his early man
hood from his home In Northern New
York and settled in Indiana, where,
long before Mr.. Lincoln ever was
thought of for President, Mr.. Upshur
and he had been associated In several
important law suits. They became
close friends, aud when the first Re
publican Cabinet was formed Mr.. Usher
was made Assistant Secretary Of the In.
terror, and after Caleb Smith, the head
Of the Department; resigned to accept
United States Judgeship. Mr.. Usher
succeeded him and served until Mr.
Lincolns death. Ever since that time
he has been counsel for the Kansas Pa.
cfc and Union Pacific railroads In the
State where he now resides. and has
grown very wealthy of late years.
twenty-five years have done their
work with the men who were the mar.
tyred Presidents Cabinet counscllors
In the war days. for besides Judge
Usher only Simon Cameron and Hugh
McCulloch are left among the living.
~
II you should happen to visit the
House of Representatives next winter,
says the Washington correspondent of
the New York Tribune. don't fail to
look for short, chubby, round.faced
gentleman, sitting at the end Of the
line of clerks, directly in front of the
Speakers desk. He Is one Of the best
pGrliamentarian In the country, In
fact, parliamentary Sharp" His
name is Smith-"Harry" Smith. You
may recognize him at once by habit
he has Of grasping large black mus.
tachc with his hand. looking nervously
around at the presiding officer, and
then gazing calmly upon the seething
flow of Congressional eloqucnee and
wisdom below him. Mr.. Smith came
In with the Forty first Congress aud
holds the position Of journal Clerk" I"
| have no doubt that he can retain 1t
rs long as he chooses. He has made a
| place of Ills own, and 1t is no idle
statement to say that there Is not u man
| In the country to-day who could fill It,,
should he retire. The ebb of the Re
| publican and the flow of the Democratic
majoriiies sweep other officials out into
the cold, cold world. Mr.. Smith alone
remains an unconcerned observer of the
fights of factions and the bitter contro.
versies Of parties. l have never been
able TO ascertain whether he Is Re
publican or Democrat. Mr.. Smith is
retained In his position to prompt the
Speaker on all questions of parlia
mentary law and practice. In the midst
of u squabble, while both sides are
doing their best to carry point, the
Speaker may lose his head, and in the
scores of pIccedents thrown at him
may, for the moment, be thoroughly
"rattled." 1t is then that Mr.. Smith
proves himself master of the situa
tion. Selling his manual, he rapidly
turns to the exact place which will
solve the question beyond the shadow
of doubt. Mr.. Smith Is native OF
New York, believe, but his presen,
home is In Michigan. He served with
distinction during the war In one of the
Michigan regiments, but nobody adj
dresses him as Colonel" He is simple
Harry" Smith to his friends, aud Of
the latter there are legions.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-07
WASHINGTON CRITIC
NEW sOcuery PLAY.

ACT l.
Gurgling stroamlet, rising moon;
Happy lovers meet to spoon.
Heroine has pedigree,
Poor as Jobs old turkey he.
She, the boon OF wealth cnjoyed;
lie, 10 dry goods etore employed
Joys and troubles, hopes and sishs;
Heaven beaming in four eyes.
Faith and doubts and vows and kisses
Lovers think they know what bliss is.
jealous rival; gets clue;
Walks In on their rendezvous
ACT II.
Morning breaking. Sunlight ruddy.
Scene, the irate fathers study.
Hero, trembling, asks for child,
Father choked with anger wild
Curses oaths familiar tunes,
Mother pleads and daughter swoons.
Salts and doctor. Girls revival.
Exit hero; enter rival.
ACT III.
Time, the ghostly midnight hour.
Scene, a friendly, shady bower.
Garden; darkness; travelling dress.
Tears, and VOWS, aud tenderness.
Watchdog sleeping; hearts beat gladder.
Open window. Sturdy ladder.
Mounted Fleeing Splendid horse;
Father In pursuit, OF course.
Girl disowned; q bitter pill;
Father writes brand new will.
ACT ".
Fifteen moons have hurried by;
Father sick, perhaps will die.
Hopes, OF course, to get in Heaven.
Writes to daughter. All forgiven
Happy meeting: overjoyed
Pa recovers. VIII destroyed !
Rival drafted; killed In war.
Hero kisses mother.in.law
Great rejoicing; bliss is certain.
Striking tableau. Music. Curtain.
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Se!Z.l !p|'

Thoroughly cleanse the blood, by using
DR.. Plcrce's Golden Medical Discovery, nnd
good digestion, fair skin, buoynnt spirits,
strength and health will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all hui
mors, from tho common pinplc, blotoh, or
eruption, to the worst Scroiula, or blood
poison. Especially has II proven its efficacy
In curing Salt-rhcum or letter, Fcvcr-sores,
Hip Joint Disease, Scrofulous Sores and
Swellings, Enlarged Glands, and Eating
Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
tiou (which Is Scrofula of the LunEsl, by
and nutritive properties. For Weak Lungs,
Splitting of Blood, Shortncss of breath,
bronchitis, Severe Coughs, Asthma, Chronic
Nasal Catarrh and kindred affections, 1t is
II sovereign remedy.
For Torpid Liver, Biliousncss, or A." Liver
Complaint" Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, IL
Is nm uncquallcd remedy. Sold by druggists.
Dls. PIERCE'S PELLETS Anti
Bilious ana Cathartic. 20 cts. u vial,
Oy druggists.
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Funeral OF AIr. Sears.

The funeral of James w. Sears, which
took place yesterday afternoon from St.
Andrews Church, was largely attended.
Rev. j. 3. sperry read the impressive burial
service OF the Episcopal Church. The In
terment was at Oak Hill. The deceased
was In his sixty-eighth year. He was sec
retary Of St. Andrews Church, aud also q
permanent member Of the Jackson Demo-
cratic Association. Tho Association at
tended the funeral in body. The pail
bearers were DR.. 7. ID. Hood, g. b. Towles,
q. Turner, b. +. Steiger, j. NJ. Chatsey, DR..
Allen, l.. NJ. Saunders and william Thomp
son,
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DIED.

MILLER,-on November 8, 1887, at 1880
y. m, Charles. beloved husband of Elizabeth
Miller, In the hGth year of his age
Funeral will take place from his late ro-l-
dence. $40 Eleventh street southeast, Tues.
day, November s, at 3 p. IN. Relatives and
friends invited to attend.
COGSWELL.- Sunday morning, November
Q, 1857, ut 5:t5 O'Clock, Mrs. Lydia Cog, well,
relct of the late Joseph Cogswell, aged 50
wears and five months, and resident of tho
District OF Columbia for nearly 20 years
Funeral from the residence Of her soniu-
law, Charles II. Il. Coledge, 1891 Eighth street
northwest, tomorrow Cruesday afternoon
al O'Clock, Relatives and friends invited
to attend.
DANIDSON-On saturday, November ., lt
lo:i, y. m, Alexander 5, Davidson, In the eSth
year ol his age.
Funeral from his late residence, ios Z -traCt
northwest, Tuesday, November " at O'Clock
y, m.
brooklyn and New York papers please copyl
The Washington critic., 1887-11-07
Odd Things in Chemistry.

Oh of vitriol is no oil, neither are oils Of
turpentine and kerosene. Copperas is an
Iron compound and contains no copper
Salts Of lemon is the extremely poisonous
oxa'ic acid. CarbolIc acid is not an acid,
but an alcohol. Cobalt contains none of
that metal, but arsenic. Soda water has no
trace OF coda, nor has sulphuric acid Of
sulphur. Sugar of lead has no sugar,
cream of tartar has nothing OF cream, nor
milk Of lime any milk. Oxygen mcaus the
acid maker; but hydrogen is the essential
element Of all acids, and many contain no
oxygen. German silver has no silver, and
black lead no lead. Mos iic gold is only a
sulphide of tin. These are only somo of
the mistakes In the nomenclature Of one
busiDess.-L Cincinnati Telegram.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-07
At Peace.


stomach In revolt is au obdurate rebel.
Corrected with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
its dissensions with the food introduced into
1t in unwary moments OF appetite ceases.
Then It is at peace. Then dyspepsia aban-
dons its grip. Then such fractlous manifes-
tations as heartburn, a sinking sensation in
the pit OF the abdomen between meals and
unnatural fulness afterwards, llAtulence,
acid gulpings, billousness, &C., cease to In
flGt martyrdom. After course OF the ma,
tlonal tonic and Alternative, the liver and
bowels, always more or less dlsordered dur
ing prolonged attack of Indigestion, re,
sumo their functions and become regular
Thus, not only dyspepsia, but its concomi
tauts, constipation and biliousness, arc
conquered by the medicine, which remedies
their fruitful cause, weakness OF the organs
Of digestion. The epigastrIc nerve cellu
lar tissue, In short, every organ that bears a
part in the digestive processes acquires
vigor and regularity from the benign in7ig'
Grant.
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Deuth Of A. -, Davidson,

Alexander s. Davidson who died satur.
day night, at his home 10S L street, after
an illness OF Ave days, had been an en-
ploye of the Government Printing Onlce
for the past twelve years. Mr.. Davidsoa
had kindly disposition and his loss will be
sadly regretted by a large circle OF friends
and acquaintapces. He was In his twenty
eighth year. The funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock from
his late residence, and the remains will be
buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. He
leaves wife and an infant daughter. Mr..
Davidson wasa native OF Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-07
A d.nileu Viii.

Tho site Of the old Consolidated Virginia
mill is to be used hencetorth as a dump for
waste rock, the mill having been torn down
and removed elsewhere. Perhaps theri Is
not another mill In the world that has
turned into the Golfers OF commerce so
many dollars as this one has. From beneath
It's stamps Mackay picked up, 1t Is said, $50, e
C00,0C0, and Fair, Flood and O'Brien each
nearly as much. Hundreds OF others were
made enormously rich, and thousands Of
miners and employees have received excel.
lent wages for q number OF years. Reno
New Gazette.
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A Hnying of Five Cents.

Customer Ito bartender) - What dye
charge for whisky cocktails9
Bartender-Fifteen cents, sir, or two for
aquarter.
Customer-Well, guess you had better
passes that my wife don't say | ought TO
tconomize, and begin to think she's right
Five cents amt much, but It beats nothln'
IN Y Sun.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-07
anIcs of MenI Eatate.

T. Tourney has sold to q. f. Harbln, for
$0,555, property SO feet front on the south
side of l. street, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets.
G. q. Hubbard has sold to j. A. Hayden,
for 81, 5,l50, two lots In Bellar Heights.
G. A. Harvey has sold to G. W. Dobblns,
OF Montgomery County, Pa, for 5000,
property 2lxl00 on Fifteenth street, be-
tween o and L streets,
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a National Normal school.

Circulars are being sent out by G. s,
Young Of Nevada, ox-presidept OF the de-
psriment of superintendence, National Edu-
cStional Association, announcing that SEN
ator W. NJ. Stewart OF Nevada will intro
duce bill In the coming Congress suthorlz-
Ing the expenditure of $40, 900 600 for the
establishment OF National Normal School
In this city
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The Cemeteries.

washington contains several beautiful and
historic cemeteries well worth u visit, Old
est of these II
Rock Creek, lust north Of the old soldiers
Home. II was opened about the year 100
The Congressional Burial Ground or Wash
inston Cemetery, lies at the east end of
Pennsylvania avenue, on the banks of the
Anacostiu. II contains CgnutHphs TO the
memory Of many of the Members OF Con-
grcss who have died while In Office Two Vice
Presidents OF the United States are buried
here George Clinton OF Now York and III.
bridge GcTryuf Massachusetts. The cemetery
was opened In 1901, and Is II very handsome
one, Reached by carriage,
Oak llill Is IN Georgetown, on the banks Of
Rock creek, reached by street cars or cab
II is the most picturesque burial place tu
the United States, and Is famous for it-
handsome monuments, Il tcoutuiu- the grave
OF John Howard Payne, author Of "llome
Sweet llumo,'
Mount OllyCt on the Baltimore pike, north,
east from the east end Of II street, ia the
only Catholic cemetery In tho District. II
Is large and handsome, Reached by cab,
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only Nnc nrn1uhncI1

lie ito Minis Brcezyl--I think, Miss
Breezy, that your friend Miss Wabash 10 a
very bright, vivacious young lady.
Miss Breezy Cfeelinglyl Yes, Clara Il
bright aud vivacious and possesses rare
culture and refinement, but think at times
she is prone to shoot her mouth of a trinc
too much for absolutely correct taste
IN, Y, Sun.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-07
IIOSpitnIa.

GOrIoll MCmOTINI IIOsDII0l r. az Tho head Of
Tenth street northwest, Reached by Four
teonth, Eleventh and Ninth street cars
FTeodmau's Hospital Is on Seventh street eX-
tended, iu,t above Boundary, and is
reached by the seventh and Ninth street
cars.
The Homeopathic Hospital Is on n street, be-
tween Fitst and Second
Providence Hospital Is ON the south side of d
street between Second and Third south
east with pretty park IN front. Reached
by the avenue line Of cars,
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Want of SIesp

Js sending thousands annually to tho
insane asylum and the doctoss say this
trouble IL nlnrmingly ON the increase.
Tho usual remedies, while they may
give temporary relief, are likely to do
more harm than good. What is needed
ia an Alternative and Blood.puriiicr.
Ayers Sarsaparilin is incomparably
the best. II corrccts those disturbances
IN the circulation which cause slccplcss-
ness, gives increased vitality, and re-
stores the nervous system to u hcalthful
condition.
Rev. 7. q. a. Cote, agent OF the Mass.
Home Missionary Society, writes that
his stomach was out Of order, his sleep
very often disturbed, and some im-
purity of the blood manifest but that
n perfect cure was obtained by the use
of Ayers sarsaparilln.
Frederick W. Pratt, i2i Washington
street, Boston, writes: "My daughter
was prostratcd with norvous debility.
Ayers Sarsaparilla restored her TO
health"
William +. Bowler, Erie, Pa, was
cured Of nervousness and sleeplossness
by taking Ayers Sarsaparilla for about
two months, during which time his
weight increased over twenty pounds.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-07
.siderney .,airy wagons,

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
morning and delivered in J lb. "Warl"
prints, 40c. per ID. Also cottage cheese,
buttermilk and sweet milk, &c. per at.
Cream, 15c per pit.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-07
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Petroleum.

Petroleum.
B. X. Plain & Co, ST. Cloud Building,
furnish the following on quotations;
Closed Saturday, 73a opened to-day, "a
highest, AT; lowest. 731; 2:l5 p IN, AZ.
New York stock Market.
The following have been furnished BY
A. M9cgill & Co bankers aud brokers, 5li
Seventh street northwest: